After five-year battle to get their roles moved up from band 5 to 6, job evaluation process secures back pay award for 13 nurses at a Northern Ireland NHS trust.

A group of band 5 intensive care nurses has been awarded tens of thousands of pounds from an NHS trust after successfully securing ‘justice’ in a job evaluation.

The 13 nurses employed at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland secured the back pay win after a five-year battle to get their roles moved from a band 5 to a band 6.